A childhood favourite, re-imagined for a more health-conscious you. Out with the mushy white bread and processed cheese slices, in with the multigrain thin bagels and spinach! And really, not only is it better for you, but it TASTES better, too...
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Healthy Tuna Melt
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Spicy Thai Beef Salad
This beautiful and piquant salad makes a stunning summer entertaining dish.
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Mumbai Mango Melt
Choose a mango that yields to slight pressure and is fragrant. If you like a bit of spice, spread buns with a little Indian pickle before filling.
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The Parisian Melt
Our twist on a croque madame, this grilled turkey and cheese sandwich has apple for added crunch. Add a crisp green salad to round out the meal.
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Spaghetti with Peas and Peameal Bacon
Colourful and delicious, this warming dish makes a satisfying meal on a cold night.
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Scallops with Garlicky Black-Eyed Peas
Black-eyed peas are a good source of calcium, fibre and folate, as well as being low on the glycemic scale.
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Maple Toasted Walnut and Pear Salad
Toasting nuts always brings out the flavour, and adding maple syrup adds a hint of sweetness. Substitute pecans, if you prefer.
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Penne with Rapini and Goat Cheese
For families that don’t eat fish, getting enough omega-3 can be a problem. PC Blue Menu Omega 3 Pasta helps you rise to the challenge.
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Chunky Hummus Vegetable Wrap
Serve leftover hummus another day with PC Blue Menu tortilla chips or vegetables for dipping.
Chunky Hummus Vegetable Wrap is first wrap on far left in picture.
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Hearty Tofu Caesar Wrap
PC Blue Menu Tofu is made from the whole soy bean. Soy is the only complete-protein legume. It’s also low in saturated fat and an excellent source of protein which makes it a great meat alternative.
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Simply Red Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork
Pulled pork is often served in buns, but you can also serve over garlic mashed potatoes, rice or in a corn tortilla.
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Summer Broccoli Salad
This easy broccoli salad makes a perfect first course or side for a barbecue.
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Wrap it Up! Chicken Lettuce Wrap
Here’s a high-protein snack the kids can help you make. Perfect for after school munchies.
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Grilled Arugula Prosciutto Pizza
Arugula and prosciutto are a winning combination. Instead of a main course, this would make an amazing finger food to serve at a backyard party- cut each pizza into narrow fingers and grill up more to order!
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Piri Piri Shrimp with Avocado Salad
Tossing the shrimp with more piri piri sauce after they come off the grill gives the shrimp an extra kick of flavour. Leaving the shells on keeps the shrimp moist.
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Porcini Tortelloni in Brodo
Tortellini means little twists and are a small, stuffed pasta; tortelloni are large tortellini. “In brodo” is Italian for in broth. This makes a great starter to one of our PC lasagnas.
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Warm Goat Cheese and Arugula Salad
Warm salads provide a sense of occasion, maybe because we most often eat them at fine dining restaurants. Any night can be an occasion when you make this tangy-peppery salad for family and friends.
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Lightened Up Creamy Coleslaw
We’ve made a low fat creamy coleslaw by substituting plain yogurt for the usual full fat mayonnaise. Prepackaged coleslaw mix is a great time-saver; look for it in the produce section.
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Organic Rice and Bean Medley Salad
A fabulous vegetarian main course salad. Leftovers make a great lunch.
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Citrus and Beet Salad
A colourful, low fat salad you can make year-round. Although our dressing was developed to go with spinach, this recipe works equally well with baby arugula.
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Maple Balsamic Fig Salad with Goat Cheese Croquettes
In the winter, sweeter Mission figs are in season, in summer the less sweet green figs. Walnuts give this salad a bitter edge to balance the sweetness of the vinaigrette and figs.
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Aphrodite Chopped Salad
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the goddess of love. This variation on a Greek salad is a one-bowl, chop-and-toss quicky.
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Spaghetti with Sundried Tomato Pesto
Pesto for spaghetti tonight, and pesto on hand to serve later! Spread leftovers on sliced baguette and broil for a quick appetizer, or spread over meaty fish such as swordfish before broiling.
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Curried Turkey a la King Popovers
Popovers have a crisp golden crust, and are moist and a bit hollow on the inside, making them ideal for splitting and filling. Here we use leftovers from turkey dinner.
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Chicken and Bacon Salad
All the flavours of a club sandwich in a quick chop-and-toss salad. Use pre-cooked bacon to make it even quicker.
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Perfect Picnic Green Bean and Potato Salad
Adding the vinegar-based dressing to just-boiled potatoes lets the potatoes soak up all the flavour. Eat warm right after making, or chill and pack for a picnic- no spoiled mayo to worry about!
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Grilled Halloom
Halloom is a mild cheese that is sturdy and stands up well to grilling. It has a slight squeakiness when you bite into it, like fresh cheese curds.
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Crispy Crouton Strata Cups
A fabulous breakfast or brunch dish. Bulk it up for lunch or dinner by serving a mixed salad alongside.
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Tomato Crouton Salad
Our version of panzanella- Italian bread salad- uses Calabrese croutons for added crunch. Just as tasty- if less crunchy!- for lunch the next day.
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Ohitashi
Serve this small salad as part of a Japanese meal, perhaps to accompany a bento box.
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Cool Cucumber Sunomono with Crab
Sunomono is Japanese for vinegared salads, especially refreshing in the heat of summer. Serve as part of multi-course Japanese meal.
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Lightning Linguine
We named this lightning because you can make it a flash! In the true Italian manner, the dish is sparsely sauced keeping the emphasis on the pasta. Buy a bag of prewashed baby spinach to keep the preparation time down.
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Crispy Calamari Sandwich with Chipotle Mayo
Starring our crispy calamari, this is reminiscent of a New Orleans po’boy sandwich. Messy and delicious! Use some shredded lettuce in place of or in addition to the cucumber, if you like.
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Family Style Chili
This makes enough for a crowd, or enough for leftovers- always a good thing in a busy family! Not too spicy, so everyone can enjoy it. Serve with PC Louisiana Hot Sauce, so the spice fans can customize their bowls.
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Rotisserie Chicken and Cranberry Sandwiches
Leftover chicken and cranberry sauce are meant for each other. Using whole wheat tortillas bumps up the fibre.
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Mediterranean Salad
Fresh and easy- a perfect summertime salad. Use a pint of cherry tomatoes, halved, instead of vine-ripened tomatoes, if you prefer.
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Caprese Salad
A classic Italian salad, originally from the island of Capri. It’s perfect in summer when local tomatoes and basil are at their best, and you don’t want to spend lots of time in the kitchen!
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Asian Vegetable Salad
There’s a medley of wonderful Asian flavours in this beautiful salad. For a more authentic taste, use daikon radish, cut into thin strips.
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Crunchy Green Salad with Beets and Raspberry Vinaigrette
PC Lettuce Wraps are so crisp you can pick this salad up and eat with your hands! Celery and pecans give extra crunch.
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One Pot Italian Meatball Soup
We’ve improved on the classic American recipe Italian Wedding Soup- normally pasta, meatballs and escarole- by using our lean meatballs and whole wheat pasta, and adding extra vegetables. A complete meal in one saucepan!
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Easy Quesadillas
A quick, economical dish with tons of flavour. Many quesadillas are grilled or pan-fried, but it’s much easier to bake them. Olé!
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Slow Roasted Wild Salmon
Omega-3 fats are necessary for the normal growth and development of the brain, nerve and eye tissue, and are beneficial to heart health. Salmon is a great source of Omega-3.
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Eggplant and Lentil Madras
Madras is a spicy curry sauce from southern India containing tomato, onion and coconut. We’ve tossed it with lentils and roasted eggplant to make a fabulous vegetarian dish that’s very high in fibre.
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Creamy Tomato Sauce with Pasta
A quick and easy pasta for a weeknight. Evaporated milk adds wonderful creaminess to the sauce, as well as making this a good source of calcium with 260 mg per serving.
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Bean & Chicken Salad
This makes a nutritious lunch. Make it the night before, and pack it into individual serving containers.
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Easy Eggplant Parmesan
A wonderful side dish to serve with veal chops, roast chicken or beef roulade. It keeps well on a buffet table, too.
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Chicken Caesar
Fully cooked bacon and chicken combine with croutons and dressing in this main course salad that’s tops for pure convenience!




